Legal separation

Vanessa Hernandez Timothy Wood, Political Communication October 1st, 2017 Reading Response I Jürgen Habermas, proposed in his 1962 article, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere, his epic idea of a “single dominant public sphere” where citizens gather in order to debate “common concern.” Due to the inevitability of marginalization, the realities of human nature, and the illusory ideal that citizens are equipped with the necessary knowledge to rationally…

Presently, the Portuguese intelligence panorama is constituted by the Portuguese Republic Intelligence System (SIRP), which integrates two autonomous intelligence services with independent capabilities both coordinated by the key figure of the Secretary General. According to SIRP , the Sistema de Informações da República Portuguesa or the Portuguese Republic Intelligence System (SIRP) it was established in 1984 as above mentioned, envisioning three intelligence services: Defence and Strategic…

Marbury v. Madison was a benchmark United States Supreme court case in which the court formed the foundation for the exercise of Judicial review under Article 3 of the US constitution. The landmark decision of this case, defined the boundaries between the Executive and Judicial branches of the US government. Case Summary The case started with the petition filed to the supreme Court on February 11, 1803 by William Marbury. William Marbury had been appointed justice of Peace in the district of…

What is democracy? Democracy can be defined as the system of government in which the ruling power of a state is legally vested, not in any particular population group or class, but in the people. Abraham Lincoln(President of the United States of America 1861-1865), said that democracy is government of the people, by the people, for the people. The word democracy comes from the Greek word demos and knatia, in other words rule by people meaning all citizens in the city state Athens. Democracy thus…

CONCEPT OF SEPARATION OF POWER The doctrine of separation of power is a vital principle in constitutional law. Basically, doctrine of separation of power deals with the mutual relations among the 3 organs of the state which are executive, legislature and judiciary. This doctrine can be traced back to Aristotle which classified the functions and the power of the states into 3 categories named continuous executive power, discontinuous legislative power and federal power. The clearest explanation…

Constitutional Law John Grisham’s novel The Pelican Brief furthers the reader's interest about United States Constitutional law. Constitutional Law is a certain body of law that deals with all branches of the government (Nowak, John E). It sets a framework and procedures for the government to follow. (Cabranes, Jose A). Con Law deals with fundamental relations within our society(Nowak, John E). The rights and Amendments are a big factor of Con Law in other words, it interprets them (Cabranes,…

The late 18th century brought a time of rapid growth and development for the people of the New World. Along with this growth and development brought a series of conflict and disagreement about the overall fate of this new and developing nation. James Madison, author of Federalist Number 10, argues his position on a particular form of government that would ultimately provide safety and desirability to the New World. Madison introduces his argument in favor of the fact that the Constitution has…

Over the years, there have been many debates regarding the constitution. One common debate being whether or not the constitution is flexible enough to live through the generations. Jefferson, a founding father, has stated, “The Constitution belongs to the living and not the dead.” This statement does allude to the longevity of the Constitution, as can be demonstrated through the amendment process, the elastic clause, and judicial review. The amendment process has allowed the United States…

The United States and most Latin American nations have congress, Great Britain and most Western European nations have parliaments. A person becomes a member of a parliament such as the British House of Commons by being nominated by party leaders, voters generally choose between parties and parliaments tend to be made up of people loyal to the national party leadership who meet to debate and vote on party issues. A person becomes a member of the United States Congress by winning both a primary…

The political parties in the United States and China are exceptionally different. In a way that each country's political party system varies but at the end each country's main objective is for their country is to succeed and to protect the interest of their people. These two countries have different forms of government, in which political parties plays different roles. In China they have a communist form of government and in the United states we have a Democratic and Republican parties.…